convenient
Serving to reduce a difficulty, or accessible with minimum difficulty; expedient.
Adjective 2 meanings
Serving to reduce a difficulty, or accessible with minimum difficulty; expedient.
“Fast food might be convenient, but it's also very unhealthy.”
Suspicious due to suiting someone's purposes very well.
“How convenient that you caught a cold the night before your essay was due.”
Etymology
From Middle English convenient, from Latin conveniēns (“fit, suitable, convenient”), present participle of conveniō, convinīre (“to come together, suit”); see convene and compare covenant.
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CONVENIENT at a glance
CONVENIENT has 10 letters and scores 15 points in Scrabble (C 3 + O 1 + N 1 + V 4 + E 1 + N 1 + I 1 + E 1 + N 1 + T 1) and 20 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,492 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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